By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO “Each of us has a name given by God and given by our parents. Each of us has a name given by our stature and our smile…Each of us has a name given by the sea and given by our death.” – Zelda Michael* died at the end of December…
Writing Love Letters to Our Kids and Learning to Let Go
By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO Our oldest son, Nativ, left for college last weekend. The house is quieter, somehow a bit bigger now. As a friend once shared, “The nights are long, but the years are short.” I feel that acutely today. I remember the day Nativ was born. The first words I said to…
Beyond a Grain of Sand
By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO The first image from NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope made me think of Bob Dylan. More precisely, it made me think of the lyrics to his song, “Every Grain of Sand,” which is like a prayer sung by a nail file. And then I thought of Psalm 147: “Who heals the…
The Stories We Tell
The Jewish tradition is built on passing along our collective memories. Our hard-learned values encoded in the stories we tell are just as important.
We Must Not Stand Idly By: JFS Statement on Buffalo
While we feel sorrow and anger, we must also continue to stand united in opposition to bigotry in all forms and in support of common-sense gun laws.
Making the Choice to Turn Towards and Not Away
We can never know what small kindness tips the scale towards hope and life for someone. And for that reason, what choice do we really have?
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